This is a good idea.
When I do this I put bike on the stands and shove a long 2 by 4 under the front tire. unscrew caps and lift 2 by 4 up until forks are fully compressed. ( shiny tube almost gone into slider)
On Jul 15, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Aaron Turner wrote:
> I always find the easiest thing is just unscrew the fork caps and
> slowly lower the bike down. Bringing it back up is a little more
> work- lifting the bike and re-screwing the cap, but is easily done
> with someone helping.
>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Erik Weber <yoober at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok thanks. I was afraid of bending the triple.
>>>> On 7/15/11, Ernest Montague <afm199 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Bad idea. You will bend the stay. wrap around triple and hook under fork
>>> tube.
>>>>>>>>> On Jul 15, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Erik Weber wrote:
>>>>>>> Hey I'm doing some body work and I need to compress the front
>>>> suspension and take some measurements.
>>>>>>>> My idea is to take off the front fender and wrap a tie down through
>>>> the front wheel and up around the center bar of the fairing stay and
>>>> ratchet it down. I got the stock first gen fairing stay which I
>>>> believe is made out of iron so I don't think it will bend.
>>>>>>>> Is this a bad idea or is there a better way? I'm trying to make sure
>>>> body work is going to clear when the suspension is bottomed out.
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Erik
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